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We Are Marching On

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1 We are marching on, with a cheerful tread,
And happy, happy hearts today;
For the lamp and light of a Saviour’s word
Is cheering us along the way.

Refrain:
Marching on, marching on,
Looking upward by faith to a home above,
May we trust and pray, marching on each day,
Rejoicing in a Saviour’s love.

2 We are marching on with a firm resolve
To follow at the Lord’s command,
And we work for Him where the fields are white,
And ready for the reaper’s hand. [Refrain]

3 We are marching on where we hope to meet
And gather in the morning fair;
Then our sheaves we’ll bring, and our songs we’ll sing,
To Jesus our Redeemer there. [Refrain]

Source: The Bright Array #114

Author: Carrie M. Wilson

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We are marching on with a cheerful tread
Title: We Are Marching On
Author: Carrie M. Wilson
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Marching on
Copyright: Public Domain

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